Day: March 9, 2024

Tunis, Syria and Tunisia discussed means to boost scientific and educational relations, in addition to exchanging experiences between the two education ministries, particularly in the pedagogical and research capacities and providing technical services.

That came during a meeting between Tunisian Minister of Education, Mohamed Ali Boughdiri, and Syrian Ambassador to Tunisia, Mohamed Mohamed.

Tunisian Education Minister said that the meeting is considered as an important step in the right direction after restoring relations between both countries thanks to the wisdom of presidents of the two countries.

For his part, the Syrian ambassador underscored the importance of strengthening cooperation in the educational fields which are the most stable and well-established basis in achieving further progress in the fraternal Syrian-Tunisian relations.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

New York, Russia has affirmed that the West is to blame for the continued massacre in Gaza and crimes of genocide perpetrated by the Israeli occupation in the Strip.

‘The West’s double standard policy occurs through its proposal of a draft resolution that calls for a cease-fire in Sudan and an immediate solution there, while it doesn’t allow to pass a draft resolution on Gaza,’ Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Anna Evstigneeva said during a Security Council session Friday.

Evstigneeva added that the double standard policy of the West seems in particular when ‘we see that its states postpone a resolution on a cease-fire in Gaza while the real massacre is continued for the 5th month,’ reminding that the US used the veto many times to obstruct a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Strip.

She added that Russia has not obstructed the resolution on Sudan, but it abstained from voting.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Moscow, The Russian air defenses downed 47 Ukrainian drones over Rostov, Belgorod, Kursk and Volgograd provinces.

‘Overnight, the air defense systems thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to carry out a terrorist attack via 47 drones on Russia territory, and downed them’, Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, 41 drones were shot down over several Russian territories, according to the statement.

An intense attack by drones on Taganrog city was also repelled, while debris of a Ukrainian drone downed on roof of a clinic in Kursk province, without causing any casualties.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Deir Ezzor, Six citizens were killed, two others were injured in landmine blast left behind by Daesh (ISIS) terrorists in Hreibsheh area in Deir Ezzor southern countryside.

Director of Al-Assad Hospital in Deir Ezzor, Dr. Al-Muthanna Al-Yousef told SANA reporter that six citizens were dead on arrival at the hospital and two others were seriously injured as a result of landmine explosion in the car that transporting them while they were heading to collect truffles.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, Minister of Water Resources Hussein Makhlouf discussed Saturday with his Iraqi counterpart Aoun Diab Abdullah and the accompanying delegation boosting bilateral cooperation on common water issues in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in light of common challenges.

The meeting dealt with cooperation on issues of the water situation of the Euphrates River, water resources management, confronting the challenges of climate change ,and the effects of water scarcity.

The two sides focused on the need to exchange expertise and scientific research in the field of water resources management, planning and studies to reach the best coordination between the two countries by holding joint technical meetings to discuss water issues of concern to the two brotherly countries.

Makhlouf indicated that the region has been exposed to water scarcity in recent years due to the reduction in imports from the upstream country, Turkey.

He underlined the need to coordinate efforts between Syria and Iraq to obtain their fair
share of the Euphrates water.

The Iraqi minister, for his part, pointed out the challenges facing the two countries in light of water scarcity and the lack of water storage in dams and reservoirs, and noted the need to benefit from the Syrian experiences and expertise in the field of groundwater management, and the systems of pressurized irrigation, and closed irrigation .

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad chaired Saturday a small government meeting to discuss policies on supporting and developing small enterprises that form the basis of the economies of most countries in the world because they directly affect the standard of living and the productive capacity of the social segments working on these projects.

For years, the Syrian State has been working to encourage small enterprises as carriers of the Syrian economy, however, the absence of sound administrative structures prevented achieving the desired objective in terms of having a comprehensive environment at the level of the plans, the administrations and the required structure.

President al-Assad stressed on correcting the structures and developing the organizational structure of the existing institutions and bodies concerned with investment and small and micro- enterprises, to be able to implement the necessary policies to create, promote and develop small enterprises so that they can grow and then transform into med
ium and large enterprises, with the ultimate goal of reactivating the Syrian economy.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, Prime Minister Hussein Arnous discussed Saturday with Iraqi Minister of Water Resources Aoun Diab Abdullah means of enhancing cooperation between Syria and Iraq to confront the problem of drought and climate change.

Arnous affirmed the Syrian government’s readiness to implement joint projects with the Iraqi side on water and using modern technologies to address the reality of scarcity of water resources due to drought and lack of rainfall during the past years.

For his part, the Iraqi minister expressed his country’s readiness to exchange expertise with the Syrian side and boost the bilateral cooperation in this regard to serve the common interest of the two brotherly countries.

The two sides stressed the need for all parties to respect international agreements related to the construction of dams and the sharing of international river waters between upstream and downstream countries.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, Four Syrian teams qualified for the International Collegiate Programming Contest, that obtained advanced places in the regional final of the 2024 Programming Competition for University Colleges in the Arab World and Africa.

The Programming Contest was organized last week by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in the Egyptian city of Luxor, with the participation of 137 teams from more than From 73 universities.

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research said in its statement that, the qualified Syrian teams represent the universities of Damascus and Tishreen, the Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, and the Syrian Virtual University, with one team from each university.

The statement added that Syria was represented in the contest by 15 teams from eight universities.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency